After more than 120 minutes of playing without any goals, Egypt's second goalkeeper Mohamed Abou Jabal twice faced off on penalties against Cameroon, making Egypt qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations final against Senegal.
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The Egyptian team played a cautious and defensive game at the beginning of the kick-off and dominated and the Egyptian team showed itself against Cameroon despite Cameroon trying to dominate for the duration of this match against the Egyptian team.
Gambian match referee Bakari Gassama has been heavily criticised and ridiculed on social media for his treatment and behaviour against the Pharaohs. Referee Gassama was involved in several verbal altercations and conflicts with the Egyptian management and players, which eventually led to his dismissal of the coach of the Portuguese national team Carlos Queiroz and giving his assistant Wael Juma a yellow card.
Cameroon will face the third-placed team against Burkina Faso on the fifth of February, as well as Egypt will face Senegal to provide a final game of the eighth title in Africa absent from 10 years on the sixth of February, which constitutes a confrontation of the best stars of the two teams and colleagues in the English team Liverpool between Egyptian Mohamed Salah and Senegalese and Sadio Mane.